Joed317

Well i'm fairly new to the whole PDA scene and am expecting my X30 any day now. One of the main reasons I got a PDA was to help out at work. I want to create some sort of software to help me on my daily routine at work. I would enter this data when I was out in the field and have it download to an excel spreadsheet (just for example) where I could manipulate it how I deem necessary. I have never done any programming before but am pretty computer/tech savvy. What would be the best way for me to go about doing this. Since I don't know any programing language what should I attempt to learn to accomplish what I've listed above. I know i'm probably in over my head, but I always love a good challenge. I appreciate all the help.

silentknight

How about you use Pocket Excel?.. hehe then just
copy it to your desktop where yo ucan manipulate it how you deem
necessary.

No programming required :-)

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emulamer

Microsoft has some free embedded programming languages available. Embedded VB and C++ are whats available, and you can download them from Microsoft's site at

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

If that link doesn't work just go to their site and search for "embedded", embedded tools 3.0 is the first or second thing on the list.

There's a newer version of embedded c++ out, but I can't get it to work quite right.

For the most part, unless you're doing something that needs to be super fast like games or multimedia, just use VB, it's easy as pie and gets the job done.

Noisy Crow

There is a fair learning curve to creating a PPC app from scratch...

There are several utilities that you let create a basic database with forms may do what you want. They have been mentioned before on the site. You can also find them on PocketGear, I'll poke around for some links when I get time.

emulamer

Oh, also, VB is about the easiest visual programming language there is. You can probably learn it in a matter of hours just by googling for "visual basic tutorial". If you've never done any kind of programming at all, it might take some geting used to (i.e. the basic logic behind programming), but VB is definitly the way to go.

emulamer

Originally Posted by Noisy Crow

There is a fair learning curve to creating a PPC app from scratch... There are several utilities that you let create a basic database with forms may do what you want. They have been mentioned before on the site. You can also find them on PocketGear, I'll poke around for some links when I get time.

VB embedded is just like VB 6.0 except with smaller forms. There are differences in the object names and stuff, but the syntax and form designer is the same.

Joed317

Originally Posted by silentknight

How about you use Pocket Excel?.. hehe then just copy it to your desktop where yo ucan manipulate it how you deem necessary. No programming required :-)

Pocket Excel would work..if I were planning on using it just myself. However, after I work out all the bugs I am planning on getting about 50 other people,with varying degrees of computer knowledge (most barely knowing how to turn one on), to be using this. So I need something that basically walks you through what I want done. Forces you to input a value or a Yes/No before going on to the next subject. This is all sorta just in my head at the moment but I don't see why I could'nt get it to work.

JongJungBu

You could also pick up a Visual Studio 6 book (cheaper now with .NET out), that covers MFC (most unfortunately do). And create an MFC application with eVC3. Not saying MFC is great, but for creating applications (non-games), the development time is pretty quick.

JJB